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A day to celebrate (for me personally). My Lego youtube page reached over 1,000,000 views. Mostly due to the High Speed Passenger Train Video. https://www.youtube.com/user/allnewbricks

Stopped by a TRU Express near my house. They had the 9463 The Werewolf for $12.48. Took it to the register to pay and it rang up $0.03! My jaw dropped. The sales associate said it was probably because it was an older set. So I immediately started price checking other sets. Two other sets rang up at $0.03... the 9496 Desert Skiff and the 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Fighter. I bought everyone they had. In total I got: (5) 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Fighter (15) 9496 Desert Skiff (1) 9463 The Werewolf All for a grand total of $0.63!!!!!!! In other news... I did go to one of my local LEGO Stores and picked up my first 76023 Tumbler.

Velocity rate beyond "the norm" in algorithms does trigger at least a review. Beyond that, what exactly they look and and what they do with that info is a bigger mystery. No doubt that some good sellers get swept up in the big net, and eBay doesn't care, nor do they need to care - plenty more seller fish in the sea. Re: where to sell - this site in time once Brick Classifieds launches, Bricklink, Brick Owl, and by all means give Amazon a try but realize that they, too, have their algorithms that can trip you up, so make sure you understand the rules in every direction. Between your velocity and a pretty low feedback rating - 99.2% isn't good with 4000+ feedback - you probably had a lot of star dings and possibly a number of cases opened, etc. eBay (and Amazon) are not forgiving environments. You need to protect your selling account very carefully, and that means under-promising and over-delivering to customers, it means accepting the occasional scammer as a cost of doing business instead of trying to die on every hill, it means not being late in shipping pretty much no matter what (have emergency plans in place), etc. Good luck in the future - eBay's not the only place to sell, take the lessons from there and go succeed somewhere else - it's the best revenge.

@Mikeur86... I feel for you and this is typical of eBay's shortsightedness and diminishing regard for sellers. Even though 99.2% feedback looks good at first glance, it's a little low for a high volume seller which may have set off alarm bells initially. Sorry to be smug but, in my heyday, I've made over

I use that strategy a lot. And yet you're still here...

Sounds like your biggest problem is the difference between the pictures you show and the product the buyer receives. Buyers are not all smart they do not all read the description they do not all know what 1/4 pound or 100 piece lots look like. The type of item you are selling and showing the picture of huge lots of lego is probably why you had complaints and these complaints are probably your number one reason for being suspended. Some buyers may have contacted ebay and showed them how the ad was misleading...Did you ever consider taking pictures of the actual lots to be sold so the buyer could see what he/she would actually be receiving...

I don't care about launches. I only care about EOLs

10220 Volkswagen Camper is THE top seller on LEGO Shop at Home today (Sep 18). But Winter Village Market is also one of the top sellers. This set has been a drag for months for Lego. "Coincidentally" there have been more talks of EOL here for the last few days. IMO that means there are a lot of us brickulators out there, to the point that we make a significant impact to Lego's best seller list.

I hate having to get up in the morning...

A while ago i build the 10221 SSD and also posted it somewhere around here. In my mind i thought it would be a nice idea to decorate it with small Tie-Fighters and a micro Tantive, Tie Bomber. Every brick for this arrived today. I am dissapointed with the result myself but i decided to share it here anyway. It was dark outside, photos are kinda darkish. Sorry for that.

I love how people are buying these all up now when I all I heard over the past two months is super smack talk and hoping other sets don't go "Delorean". I've always thought that this was a bada$$ set that will do well no matter what. BTTF is classic and not some flash in the pan. I have three. One for me to build and two to sell later.

Very polite of them not to ban you...

Sorry to hear about this Mike....I have some good news though. We are going to launch the Brick Classifieds Beta in early October, so this might be an option for you. I don't know if better photos of the lots you were selling would have helped, but it seems to prevent a lot of issues. I know many members complain about adding real photos of the items they are selling, but I can see it is becoming more important to eBay and it will be an important requirement to our site as well.

Speaking of Batman and not being disappointed. Since I could not afford the SDCC Batmobile set, I found and bought 1 of these NIB for $5 the other day

Boss is out of the office so.....

I posted this a few times before, but when Toys R US sells Lego sets ahead of the official release date they pay a fine to Lego, as does Walmart,etc. But Toys R Us might make alot of money fast, so if they can make a million Dollars paying lego a $50,000 fine is no big deal, just like when the Star Wars stuff was coming out from hasbro, the boxes usually said don't display until say June 1st, but Walmart,etc would put them out early and all stars who put it out early were fined by hasbro. Ed

HH already jumped to 300$ FBA

Olivia's speedboat $20 Heartlake Flying Club $40 Shipping included

10 Spidey Gliders for $70...for the second time recently. These were b1g1 free + 10% off + discounted gc's from TRU. Now have just 1 left which I'll keep for a collection. Sure wish Id stumble upon a garage sale with a bin full of more at $2.50 each...

So, Lego Movie leaked part of the plot then? Batman will hitch a ride in the Falcon? :-)

Hey hey hey.....watch it with that Delorean smack talk.

It's in and out. I poofed it just now. :)

I have said all along this and the Delorean are going to be winners.

Yes, seller protections are few. It now seems that eBay is punishing the small sellers of the world. I guess that is why a site like Etsy has become so popular. We are shooting for early October to release the Beta to members so people can give it a try. I think many of you will like it.

R2D2 is available everywhere, I doubt its retiring in the coming weeks. VW T1 Camper van is available at LEGO Shop at Home, ship immediately, high limit (5), but is not available anywhere else even at raised prices.. (correct if I'm wrong, too lazy to check). Given the current 3 promos for each van, I'd say buy them up now.

I will let you know when it arrives. Expected delivery: Tuesday, September 23, 2014, by 8:00pm

Town Hall is limit 2 at LEGO Shop at Home, but it is Pet Shop that has been disappearing everywhere else. I could believe two modulars might retire in the same year, but going out of order is just not cool. When I see something that's just not cool, I ignore it. That usually makes it go away.

Finally, "Sold Out" again on LEGO Shop at Home usa

I wonder how many units it takes to become a top seller for lego? I'm forced to use a yardstick.

Might not be classified as an Architecture set, but is sure does look like one. Regardless, it is a rare set that will only increase in value.

Add the Batcave underneath the Wayne Mansion for completeness Or build the Mansion on top of a hill and the Batcave at the base of the hill ;)

Coincidentally, these are limit 2 at lego us 10225 R2-D2 10233 Horizon Express 10224 Town Hall Camper is limit 5 though. Is he implying you could order HH from him next year?

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Update: The two biggest orders arrived today... so many bricks! 2.5 Kilo of Bricks

This could be a double in two months if it disappears completely from SAH...people hating on this set for no reason. I wish I had twice as many but there's only so much $$$.... A few days ago someone mentioned a lot of amazon sellers (a valid point), like 250, and that's now down to 215 and increased 15% in price...

Yep... some people had the idea that haunted house will last at least until Halloween

You can come over anytime.

I need to post pics of mine. I have it along with 6 small ISDs, 2 of the MIDI ISDs and then I am going to add the bigger ISD somewhere I just built. Looks pretty good.

I like! Played that long time ago[emoji7]

If it's a BIN item, I know these are just competitors trying to see if my item sells.

That's awesome! I have been thinking of Bricklinking a large set for my personal collection and this looks like a good set to start out with.

I accidentally used auto white balance instead of using the manual controls. I'll do better next time.

Millennium Falcon revealed in 'Star Wars: Episode VII,' with a Batmobile on board http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/18/6402649/episode-vii-millennium-falcon-footage-batman-mashup

That's tomorrow. Why even put that there?

Search will be your friend on this question. Days and Days of reading are available with many people sharing many good insights.

Seriously? Am I the only one who sees the Fantastic 4 logo there?

Awesome news! Glad you contacted him first. Good sellers take care of their customers and it's obvious he is a good seller.

Mandatory returns are coming. May as well start now and get the discount.

Over the past 6 months it has increased just under 5% in value. I think nearing Christmas we will see a good bump in value and that will be the time to sell.

Well, guess I just found a new hobby for myself. :shifty: